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Traditionally, congestive heart failure has been classified according to severity of symptoms, first formulated by the
to severity of symptoms ... sometimes advanced treatment ... symptoms. ... #Diagnosis #Cardiology ... #HeartFailure #Staging
CNS Infection in HIV / AIDS - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Principles of HIV-Associated CNS Opportunistic Infections:
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Antimicrobial treatment ... Suspect in movement disorders ... status, and focal neurologic ... opportunistic #InfectiousDiseases ... #Neurology
STAGES of CHF (A, B, C, D), however, describe the severity of structural abnormalities that impair
III and class IV ... symptoms. ... Treatments may include ... #Management #Cardiology ... #HeartFailure #Staging
HIV-Associated Neurocognitive Disorder (HAND)

Definition:
HIV-Associated Neurocognitive disorders categories:
• Asymptomatic neurocognitive impairment
• Mild neurocognitive impairment
• HIV dementia

Pathophysiology:
HIV frequently
• Depressive symptoms ... : • Increased CSF ... with relative sparing ... Treatment: • HAART ... dementia #AIDS #Neurology
Bell's Palsy - Diagnosis and Management Summary - GrepMed Handbook

Acute Idiopathic Unilateral Facial Nerve (CN7) Palsy
Presentation:
screening • Imaging ... (if atypical symptoms ... middle ear/temporal bone ... Diagnosis #Management #Treatment ... #Neurology
Multiple Sclerosis - Summary

Multiple Sclerosis (MS) is an autoimmune-mediated neurodegenerative disease of the central nervous system
impairment, Mood disorder ... Multiple Sclerosis Treatment ... objective evidence of neurologic ... • Acute: - IV ... #treatment #MS
Posterior Reversible Encephalopathy Syndrome (PRES) Overview

Clinico-Radiological Syndrome, characterized by:
 • Headache
 • Seizures
 • Altered mental
may precede the neurologic ... Transplantation including bone ... Neurological symptoms ... epilepticus Treatment ... underlying cause • Treatment
Transverse Myelitis Overview

Focal inflammatory disorder of the spinal cord resulting in rapid onset of weakness, sensory
Focal inflammatory disorder ... Bilateral signs and/or symptoms ... simplex virus, HIV ... Transverse Myelitis Treatment ... diagnosis #management #neurology
Guillain-Barré Syndrome (GBS)
Acute autoimmune demyelinating polyradiculoneuropathy that presents with rapidly progressive flaccid weakness
Epidemiology:
 • Incidence: 1
immunodeficiency virus (HIV ... surgery, trauma, and bone-marrow ... than one after symptom ... and cauda equina TREATMENT ... diagnosis #management #neurology
Chagas Disease - American Trypanosomiasis - Diagnosis and Management Summary
Chagas disease (American trypanosomiasis) is an infectious
form (No signs/symptoms ... , positive serology ... Cardiomyopathy: Conduction disorders ... cardiomyopathy (→HF ... smears using Giemsa stain